Siddha ̄rtha, 41
s ́ikhara, 80, 109, 208
Sikhs, 130, 155–159, 240–242
S ́ita ̄, 69–70
S ́iva, 15, 18, 58, 90–93, 98–100, 103,
110, 112, 152, 197, 199, 200, 211,
215, 216, 225
S ́ivajı ̄, 139–140, 142
S ́ivara ̄tri, 199
Skanda, 58–60, 79, 93, 113
skandha, 43, 46, 47
s ́loka, 70
sma ̄rtas, 100, 103
smr.ti, 104
soma, 20
Spenta Mainyu, 168
s ́ra ̄ddha, 59, 168, 199
s ́ramana, 42
s ́rauta, 23
S ́rı ̄ Jagadamba, 211
Sri Lanka, 83, 89, 114, 224–225
S ́rı ̄ Ven.kat.es ́vara Temple, Pittsburgh,
239
s ́ruti, 28, 62, 104
Stambhes ́varı ̄, 108
Sthaviras, 46
stu ̄pa, 47, 52, 56–57, 60, 86, 244
s ́u ̄dra, 22, 24, 25, 104
Su ̄fı ̄sm, su ̄fı ̄, 128, 133–135, 140, 153,
182
Sultan Sikander, 153–154
sunna, 124, 182
Sunnı ̄s, 124, 128, 130, 131–132, 183,
241
s ́u ̄nyata ̄, 57, 79, 81, 111
Su ̄rda ̄s, 147
su ̄ tra, 102
svabha ̄va, 57, 81, 111
svaru ̄pa, 106
svayambhu, 228
S ́veta ̄mbara, 38, 240
sya ̄dva ̄da, 40
Syed Ahmed Khan, 181
Syrian Christians, 166–168; Jacobites,
166–168; “Mar Thoma” Christians,
168
Tagore, Debindranath, 177
Tagore, Rabindranath, 187–188
Tai pu ̄ cam, 201, 228
Taj Mahal, 129
ta ̄la, 75
ta ̄lapura ̄n.a,stha ̄la~pura ̄n.a, 96, 98, 200
Taleb, Abu, 5
ta ̄li, 164, 165, 168
tamas, 67
Tamil, 88–93
tan.ha, 43
tantra, 109–111
tantri, 207
tapas, 32, 68
tat tvam asi, 34
tatha ̄gata, 82
tatha ̄gatagarbha, 82
tejas, 106
tempocentrism, 8
Teva ̄ram, 90
Thakur, Bhaktivinada, 180
Theosophical Society, 232–234
Therava ̄da, 46–47, 52, 81
Thomas Cana of Edessa, 166
tı ̄ka ̄, 102
Tilak, B. G., 178–179
tı ̄rtha, 198
tı ̄rthan.kara, 37, 39, 115, 209, 140
tradition, 196–197
trata ̄ra, 54
tr.s.n.a, 43
Tuka ̄ram, 142
Tulsı ̄da ̄s, 148, 218
Tuqhluqs, 127
turiya, 105, 106
Turkmenistan circle, 16–17udgatr., 27
‘ulama ̄‘, 124, 128, 130–135, 140, 194
Ummayya ̄ds, 125
upanayana, 63
Upanis.ads, 31–36
‘urs, 151, 205va ̄c, 24
vaidika, 28, 34, 36, 40, 41, 47, 52, 54,
56, 59, 61, 62, 66, 67, 69, 72, 79–80,
83, 93, 98, 108, 110, 112, 155, 163,
184
Vaikha ̄nasa ̄gamas, 96
vais ́ya, 22, 24, 25Index 281